Tag: research

  • Slashdot: Second Life for Server Components

    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/11/14/1759211/second-life-for-server-components?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Second Life for Server Components Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a significant advancement in cloud computing infrastructure involving the reuse of decommissioned data center components. This approach not only aims to enhance sustainability by reducing carbon emissions but also demonstrates practical implications for…

  • Hacker News: Language agents achieve superhuman synthesis of scientific knowledge

    Source URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.13740 Source: Hacker News Title: Language agents achieve superhuman synthesis of scientific knowledge Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The research paper on language models by Michael D. Skarlinski and colleagues reveals that the PaperQA2 model surpasses the performance of human experts in conducting literature searches and identifying contradictions in…

  • Hacker News: Something weird is happening with LLMs and Chess

    Source URL: https://dynomight.net/chess/ Source: Hacker News Title: Something weird is happening with LLMs and Chess Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: This text discusses an exploration of how various large language models (LLMs) perform at playing chess, ultimately revealing significant differences in performance across models. Despite enthusiasm about LLMs’ capabilities, the results…

  • Cloud Blog: Transforming DoD’s data utilization with generative AI

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/public-sector/transforming-dods-data-utilization-with-generative-ai/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Transforming DoD’s data utilization with generative AI Feedly Summary: Generative AI presents both immense opportunities and challenges for the Department of Defense (DoD). The potential to enhance situational awareness, streamline tasks, and improve decision-making is significant. However, the DoD’s unique requirements, especially their stringent security standards for cloud…

  • Wired: Inside the Billion-Dollar Startup Bringing AI Into the Physical World

    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/physical-intelligence-ai-robotics-startup/ Source: Wired Title: Inside the Billion-Dollar Startup Bringing AI Into the Physical World Feedly Summary: Physical Intelligence has assembled an all-star team and raised $400 million on the promise of a stunning breakthrough in how robots learn. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights the activities and ambitions of Physical…

  • Hacker News: Abusing Ubuntu 24.04 features for root privilege escalation

    Source URL: https://snyk.io/blog/abusing-ubuntu-root-privilege-escalation/ Source: Hacker News Title: Abusing Ubuntu 24.04 features for root privilege escalation Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text presents a detailed case study of a vulnerability exploitation chain discovered in Ubuntu 24.04, demonstrating a privilege escalation from a default user to root through the improper handling of…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Releasing the largest multilingual open pretraining dataset

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/14/releasing-the-largest-multilingual-open-pretraining-dataset/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Releasing the largest multilingual open pretraining dataset Feedly Summary: Releasing the largest multilingual open pretraining dataset Common Corpus is a new “open and permissible licensed text dataset, comprising over 2 trillion tokens (2,003,039,184,047 tokens)" released by French AI Lab PleIAs. This appears to be the largest available…

  • Hacker News: Five Learnings from 15 Years in Perception

    Source URL: https://www.tangramvision.com/blog/five-learnings-from-15-years-in-perception Source: Hacker News Title: Five Learnings from 15 Years in Perception Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the evolution of perception and computer vision technologies over fifteen years, emphasizing their integration with AI, the challenges faced by robotics startups, and the pervasive role of these technologies…

  • Slashdot: OpenAI Nears Launch of AI Agent Tool To Automate Tasks For Users

    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/24/11/13/2123257/openai-nears-launch-of-ai-agent-tool-to-automate-tasks-for-users?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: OpenAI Nears Launch of AI Agent Tool To Automate Tasks For Users Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: OpenAI is set to launch a new AI tool named “Operator,” which will function as an AI agent capable of automating tasks for users, including code writing and travel…

  • Slashdot: AI Systems Solve Just 2% of Advanced Maths Problems in New Benchmark Test

    Source URL: https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/11/13/1244216/ai-systems-solve-just-2-of-advanced-maths-problems-in-new-benchmark-test?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI Systems Solve Just 2% of Advanced Maths Problems in New Benchmark Test Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the limitations of leading AI systems in solving complex mathematics problems presented in a new benchmark called FrontierMath. Despite achieving high accuracy on traditional math…